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A thorough search for large-scale anisotropies in the distribution of arrival directions of cosmic rays detected above 10 18 eV at the Pierre Auger Observatory is reported. For the first time, these large-scale anisotropy searches are performed as a function of both the right ascension and the declination and expressed in terms of dipole and quadrupole moments. Within the systematic uncertainties, no significant deviation from isotropy is revealed. Upper limits on dipole and quadrupole amplitudes are derived under the hypothesis that any cosmic ray anisotropy is dominated by such moments in this energy range. These upper limits provide constraints on the production of cosmic rays above 10 18 eV, since they allow us to challenge an origin from stationary galactic sources densely distributed in the galactic disk and emitting predominantly light particles in all directions. © 2013. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved..

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Constraints on the origin of cosmic rays above 10 18 ev from large-scale anisotropy searches in data of the pierre auger observatory
Autor:Multitudinario:513
Filiación:LIP, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Istituto di Fisica Dello Spazio Interplanetario (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
Fermilab, Batavia, IL, United States
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC), Université Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
New York University, New York, NY, United States
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartí culas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico D.F, Mexico
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, SP, Campinas, Brazil
Università di Napoli Federico II, Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
Rudjer Boškovi'c Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
IFLP, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus South, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble INP, France
Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina
University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus North, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, France
Universidade Estadual Do Sudoeste da Bahia, Vitoria da Conquista, BA, Brazil
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus North, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, Université de Nantes, France
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain
Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Università di Roma II Tor Vergata, Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest- Magurele, Romania
Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO, United States
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
Universidad de Granada, C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
Università di Milano, Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
Università di Catania, Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo (INAF), Palermo, Italy
Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica E. de Giorgi dell'Università Del Salento, Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
Università di Torino, Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States
Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina
Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, IL, United States
Instituto de Astronomía y Física Del Espacio (CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires y CONICET, Argentina
Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, RJ, Volta Redonda, Brazil
National Technological University, Faculty Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), Mendoza, Argentina
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
Università dell'Aquila, INFN, L'Aquila, Italy
Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (INST), Hanoi, Viet Nam
RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands
J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and INFN, Genova, Italy
University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
INFN, Laboratori Nazionali Del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brazil
Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Universidade Federal Do ABC, SP, Santo André, Brazil
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Michoacan, Morelia, Mexico
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Del IPN (CINVESTAV), México, Mexico
Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States
Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR) - CONICET/U.N.R., Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina
Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF, CONICET, Argentina
Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States
Universidade Federal da Bahia, BA, Salvador, Brazil
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States
University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Romania
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, United States
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Av. San Martín Norte 306, 5613 Malargüe, Mendoza, Argentina
University of Maryland, United States
Université de Lausanne., Switzerland
At Konan University, Kobe, Japan
NYU Abu Dhabi., United Arab Emirates
Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas, Mexico
Año:2013
Volumen:762
Número:1
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/762/1/L13
Título revista:Astrophysical Journal Letters
Título revista abreviado:Astrophys. J. Lett.
ISSN:20418205
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_20418205_v762_n1_p_Multitudinario

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(2013) . Constraints on the origin of cosmic rays above 10 18 ev from large-scale anisotropy searches in data of the pierre auger observatory. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 762(1).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/762/1/L13
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Multitudinario:513. "Constraints on the origin of cosmic rays above 10 18 ev from large-scale anisotropy searches in data of the pierre auger observatory" . Astrophysical Journal Letters 762, no. 1 (2013).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/762/1/L13
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Multitudinario:513. "Constraints on the origin of cosmic rays above 10 18 ev from large-scale anisotropy searches in data of the pierre auger observatory" . Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 762, no. 1, 2013.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/762/1/L13
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Multitudinario:513. Constraints on the origin of cosmic rays above 10 18 ev from large-scale anisotropy searches in data of the pierre auger observatory. Astrophys. J. Lett. 2013;762(1).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/762/1/L13